the new tag AX_BUILD_TEST allows to use tests without the need of AX_USE_CPPUNIT, so only AX_BUILD_TEST can be used for testing scripts. AX_USE_CPPUNIT calls AX_BUILD_TEST, so you don't need to specify both

README

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Simply setup a new project:
  2. checkout trunk of the new subversion repository
  3. cd into the new project subversion working copy
  4. call with full path: /path/to/bootstrap.sh
- 5. follow the einstructions, i.e. edit configure.ac
+ 5. follow the instructions, i.e. edit configure.ac
  6. run again: /path/to/bootstrap.sh
  7. add some generated files: svn add COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL
  8. your project is setup and compilable, test: ./bootstrap.sh -b

bootstrap.sh

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ GENERATED FILES
     * scripts/makefile.in - if you enabled AX_USE_SCRIPTS
     * doc/makefile.am - if you enabled AX_USE_DOXYGEN
     * doc/doxyfile.in - if you enabled AX_USE_DOXYGEN
-    * test/makefile.am - if you enabled AX_USE_CPPUNIT
+    * test/makefile.am - if you enabled AX_BUILD_TEST
     * examples/makefile.am - if you enabled AX_BUILD_EXAMPLES
     * debian/changelog.in - if you enabled AX_USE_DEBIAN_PACKAGING
     * debian/control.in - if you enabled AX_USE_DEBIAN_PACKAGING
@@ -170,14 +170,14 @@ FILE DEPENDENCIES
     * test/makefile.am depends on AX_USE_LIBTOOL
     * html/makefile.am depends on AX_BUILD_HTML
     * doc/doxyfile.in depends on AX_BUILD_EXAMPLES
-    * debian/control.in depends on AX_USE_DOXYGEN, AX_USE_CPPUNIT,
+    * debian/control.in depends on AX_USE_DOXYGEN, AX_BUILD_TEST,
       AX_CXX_QT, AX_CHECK_QT, AX_REQUIRE_QT, AX_USE_LIBTOOL
     * debian/${DEFAULT_PROJECT_NAME}.install depends on AX_USE_LIBTOOL
     * debian/${DEFAULT_PROJECT_NAME}.dirs depends on AX_USE_LIBTOOL
     * debian/${DEFAULT_PROJECT_NAME}-dev.install depends on AX_USE_LIBTOOL
     * debian/${DEFAULT_PROJECT_NAME}-dev.dirs depends on AX_USE_LIBTOOL
     * ${DEFAULT_PROJECT_NAME}.spec.in depends on AX_USE_RPM_PACKAGING,
-      AX_USE_LIBTOOL, AX_CHECK_QT, AX_REQUIRE_QT, AX_CXX_QT, AX_USE_CPPUNIT
+      AX_USE_LIBTOOL, AX_CHECK_QT, AX_REQUIRE_QT, AX_CXX_QT, AX_BUILD_TEST
 
 FILES
 
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ FILES
       * Enable Doxygen documentation generation: AX_USE_DOXYGEN
       * Enable Debian packaging by calling "make deb": AX_USE_DEBIAN_PACKAGING
       * Enable RPM packaging by calling "make rpm": AX_USE_RPM_PACKAGING
-      * Enable C++ testing using CppUnit: AX_USE_CPPUNIT
+      * Enable C++ testing using CppUnit: AX_BUILD_TEST plus AX_USE_CXX
+      * Enable other tests: AX_BUILD_TEST
       * Enable C++ examples, i.e. for libraries: AX_BUILD_EXAMPLES
       * Check for C++11 support: AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_11 (see ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_11.m4)
       * Require a QT module: AX_REQUIRE_QT (see ax_check_qt.m4)
@@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ AX_INIT_STANDARD_PROJECT
 #AX_USE_DOXYGEN
 #AX_USE_DEBIAN_PACKAGING
 #AX_USE_RPM_PACKAGING
-#AX_USE_CPPUNIT
+#AX_BUILD_TEST
 #AX_BUILD_EXAMPLES
 #AX_BUILD_HTML
 
@@ -458,8 +459,8 @@ IFS="$SAVEIFS"
 PackageName=${PackageName[*]^}
 PackageName=${PackageName// /}
 
-if ! testtag "AX_CHECK_QT" configure.ac && \
+if ! testtag AX_CHECK_QT && \
-   ! testtag "AX_REQUIRE_QT" configure.ac; then
+   ! testtag AX_REQUIRE_QT; then
     echo "${HEADER}MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = makefile.in" | \
         to --condition AX_USE_CXX src/makefile.am
 elif ! test -e src/makefile.am; then
@@ -695,10 +696,20 @@ namespace NAMESPACE {
 EOF
 echo "${HEADER}MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = makefile.in" | to --condition AX_USE_SCRIPTS scripts/makefile.am
 echo "${HEADER}MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = makefile.in" | to --condition AX_USE_DOXYGEN doc/makefile.am
-to --condition AX_USE_CPPUNIT test/makefile.am <<EOF
+to --condition AX_BUILD_TEST test/makefile.am <<EOF
-${HEADER}AM_CPPFLAGS = -I\${top_srcdir}/src -I\${top_builddir}/src
+${HEADER}$(if testtag AX_USE_CXX; then
+cat <<EOF2
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I\${top_srcdir}/src -I\${top_builddir}/src
 AM_LDFLAGS = -L\${abs_top_builddir}/src/.libs
+$(if testtag AX_USE_LIBTOOL; then
+cat <<EOF3
 LDADD = -l${PACKAGE_NAME#lib}
+EOF3
+fi)
+EOF2
+fi)
+
+TESTS =
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = makefile.in
 EOF
@@ -761,7 +772,7 @@ if testtag AX_USE_DOXYGEN; then
         if testtag AX_BUILD_HTML; then
             doxyadd INPUT "@top_srcdir@/html"
         fi
-        if testtag AX_USE_CPPUNIT; then
+        if testtag AX_BUILD_TEST; then
             doxyadd INPUT "@top_srcdir@/test"
         fi
         doxyreplace FILE_PATTERNS '*.c *.cc *.cxx *.cpp *.c++ *.java *.ii *.ixx *.ipp *.i++ *.inl *.idl *.ddl *.odl *.h *.hh *.hxx *.hpp *.h++ *.cs *.d *.php *.php4 *.php5 *.phtml *.inc *.m *.markdown *.md *.mm *.dox *.py *.f90 *.f *.for *.tcl *.vhd *.vhdl *.ucf *.qsf *.as *.js *.wt'
@@ -802,7 +813,7 @@ if testtag AX_USE_DEBIAN_PACKAGING; then
 
  -- @AUTHOR@  @BUILD_DATE@
 EOF
-    BUILD_DEPENDS="debhelper, subversion, pkg-config, automake, libtool, autotools-dev, lsb-release $(if testtag AX_USE_DOXYGEN; then echo -n ", doxygen, graphviz, mscgen"; fi; if testtag AX_USE_CPPUNIT; then echo -n ", libcppunit-dev"; fi; if testtag AX_CXX_QT || testtag AX_CHECK_QT AX_REQUIRE_QT; then echo -n ", qt5-default | qt4-default | qt5-qmake | qt4-qmake, qtbase5-dev | libqt4-dev, qtbase5-dev-tools | qt4-dev-tools, qttools5-dev-tools | qt4-dev-tools, qttools5-dev-tools | qt4-dev-tools"; fi)"
+    BUILD_DEPENDS="debhelper, subversion, pkg-config, automake, libtool, autotools-dev, lsb-release $(if testtag AX_USE_DOXYGEN; then echo -n ", doxygen, graphviz, mscgen"; fi; if testtag AX_BUILD_TEST && testtag AX_USE_CXX; then echo -n ", libcppunit-dev"; fi; if testtag AX_CXX_QT || testtag AX_CHECK_QT AX_REQUIRE_QT; then echo -n ", qt5-default | qt4-default | qt5-qmake | qt4-qmake, qtbase5-dev | libqt4-dev, qtbase5-dev-tools | qt4-dev-tools, qttools5-dev-tools | qt4-dev-tools, qttools5-dev-tools | qt4-dev-tools"; fi)"
     to debian/control.in <<EOF
 Source: @PACKAGE_NAME@
 Priority: extra
@@ -871,7 +882,7 @@ $(if testtag AX_USE_DOXYGEN; then echo -n "BuildRequires: graphviz"; fi)
 %endif
 %if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} || 0%{?rhl} || 0%{?centos} || 0%{?centos_ver} || 0%{?centos_version}
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig, redhat-lsb$(
-    if testtag AX_USE_CPPUNIT; then
+    if testtag AX_BUILD_TEST && testtag AX_USE_CXX; then
       echo -n ", cppunit-devel";
     fi)
 %if ! ( 0%{?centos} || 0%{?centos_ver} || 0%{?centos_version} )
@@ -882,7 +893,7 @@ $(if testtag AX_REQUIRE_QT || testtag AX_CHECK_QT AX_REQUIRE_QT; then echo -n "B
 %endif
 %else%if 0%{?suse_version} || 0%{?sles_version}
 BuildRequires: pkg-config, lsb-release$(
-    if testtag AX_USE_CPPUNIT; then
+    if testtag AX_BUILD_TEST && testtag AX_USE_CXX; then
       echo -n ", libcppunit-devel";
     fi)
 %if 0%{?suse_version} < 1200 ||  0%{?sles_version} < 1200

scripts/ax_init_standard_project.m4

@@ -265,14 +265,8 @@ maintainer-clean-cxx-targets:
 EOF
 ])
 
-# use this in configure.ac to support CppUnit for C++ unit tests
+# use this in configure.ac to support tests without CppUnit
-AC_DEFUN([AX_USE_CPPUNIT], [
+AC_DEFUN([AX_BUILD_TEST], [
-  AM_PATH_CPPUNIT([1.0.0], [have_cppunit="yes"], [have_cppunit="no"])
-  # infos and warnings
-  if test "$have_cppunit" = "no"; then
-    AC_MSG_WARN([Missing cppunit development library!
-     - you cannot check the library using "make check"
-     - everything else works perfectly]); fi
   AC_CONFIG_FILES([test/makefile])
   AX_ADD_MAKEFILE_TARGET_DEP([maintainer-clean-am], [maintainer-clean-test-targets], [test/makefile.in])
   test -f test/makefile.in && cat >> test/makefile.in <<EOF
@@ -283,6 +277,17 @@ maintainer-clean-test-targets:
 EOF
 ])
 
+# use this in configure.ac to support CppUnit for C++ unit tests
+AC_DEFUN([AX_USE_CPPUNIT], [
+  AM_PATH_CPPUNIT([1.0.0], [have_cppunit="yes"], [have_cppunit="no"])
+  # infos and warnings
+  if test "$have_cppunit" = "no"; then
+    AC_MSG_WARN([Missing cppunit development library!
+     - you cannot check the project using "make check"
+     - everything else works perfectly]); fi
+  AX_BUILD_TEST
+])
+
 # use this in configure.ac to support C++ examples
 AC_DEFUN([AX_BUILD_EXAMPLES], [
   AC_CONFIG_FILES([examples/makefile])

scripts/bootstrap.sh

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 ## @file
 ##
-## $Id: bootstrap.sh 26 2015-09-19 08:42:48Z marc $
+## $Id: bootstrap.sh 52 2015-11-03 15:38:21Z marc $
 ##
 ## $Date: 2004/08/31 15:57:19 $
 ## $Author: marc $
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
         (--rebuild|-r) rebuild=1;;
         (--rebuild-file|-f) shift; rebuildfiles+=("$1");;
         (--version|-v)
-            echo "$Id: bootstrap.sh 26 2015-09-19 08:42:48Z marc $";
+            echo "$Id: bootstrap.sh 52 2015-11-03 15:38:21Z marc $";
             exit;;
         (--help|-h) less <<EOF
 SYNOPSIS
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ GENERATED FILES
     * scripts/makefile.in - if you enabled AX_USE_SCRIPTS
     * doc/makefile.am - if you enabled AX_USE_DOXYGEN
     * doc/doxyfile.in - if you enabled AX_USE_DOXYGEN
-    * test/makefile.am - if you enabled AX_USE_CPPUNIT
+    * test/makefile.am - if you enabled AX_BUILD_TEST or AX_USE_CPPUNIT
     * examples/makefile.am - if you enabled AX_BUILD_EXAMPLES
     * debian/changelog.in - if you enabled AX_USE_DEBIAN_PACKAGING
     * debian/control.in - if you enabled AX_USE_DEBIAN_PACKAGING
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ FILE DEPENDENCIES
     * test/makefile.am depends on AX_USE_LIBTOOL
     * html/makefile.am depends on AX_BUILD_HTML
     * doc/doxyfile.in depends on AX_BUILD_EXAMPLES
-    * debian/control.in depends on AX_USE_DOXYGEN, AX_USE_CPPUNIT,
+    * debian/control.in depends on AX_USE_DOXYGEN, AX_USE_CPPUNIT
       AX_CXX_QT, AX_CHECK_QT, AX_REQUIRE_QT, AX_USE_LIBTOOL
     * debian/${DEFAULT_PROJECT_NAME}.install depends on AX_USE_LIBTOOL
     * debian/${DEFAULT_PROJECT_NAME}.dirs depends on AX_USE_LIBTOOL
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ FILES
       * Enable Debian packaging by calling "make deb": AX_USE_DEBIAN_PACKAGING
       * Enable RPM packaging by calling "make rpm": AX_USE_RPM_PACKAGING
       * Enable C++ testing using CppUnit: AX_USE_CPPUNIT
+      * Enable other tests: AX_BUILD_TEST
       * Enable C++ examples, i.e. for libraries: AX_BUILD_EXAMPLES
       * Check for C++11 support: AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_11 (see ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_11.m4)
       * Require a QT module: AX_REQUIRE_QT (see ax_check_qt.m4)
@@ -439,6 +440,7 @@ AX_INIT_STANDARD_PROJECT
 #AX_USE_DEBIAN_PACKAGING
 #AX_USE_RPM_PACKAGING
 #AX_USE_CPPUNIT
+#AX_BUILD_TEST
 #AX_BUILD_EXAMPLES
 #AX_BUILD_HTML
 
@@ -458,8 +460,8 @@ IFS="$SAVEIFS"
 PackageName=${PackageName[*]^}
 PackageName=${PackageName// /}
 
-if ! testtag "AX_CHECK_QT" configure.ac && \
+if ! testtag AX_CHECK_QT && \
-   ! testtag "AX_REQUIRE_QT" configure.ac; then
+   ! testtag AX_REQUIRE_QT; then
     echo "${HEADER}MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = makefile.in" | \
         to --condition AX_USE_CXX src/makefile.am
 elif ! test -e src/makefile.am; then
@@ -695,10 +697,20 @@ namespace NAMESPACE {
 EOF
 echo "${HEADER}MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = makefile.in" | to --condition AX_USE_SCRIPTS scripts/makefile.am
 echo "${HEADER}MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = makefile.in" | to --condition AX_USE_DOXYGEN doc/makefile.am
-to --condition AX_USE_CPPUNIT test/makefile.am <<EOF
+to --condition 'AX_BUILD_TEST|AX_USE_CPPUNIT' test/makefile.am <<EOF
-${HEADER}AM_CPPFLAGS = -I\${top_srcdir}/src -I\${top_builddir}/src
+${HEADER}$(if testtag AX_USE_CXX; then
+cat <<EOF2
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I\${top_srcdir}/src -I\${top_builddir}/src
 AM_LDFLAGS = -L\${abs_top_builddir}/src/.libs
+$(if testtag AX_USE_LIBTOOL; then
+cat <<EOF3
 LDADD = -l${PACKAGE_NAME#lib}
+EOF3
+fi)
+EOF2
+fi)
+
+TESTS =
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = makefile.in
 EOF
@@ -761,7 +773,7 @@ if testtag AX_USE_DOXYGEN; then
         if testtag AX_BUILD_HTML; then
             doxyadd INPUT "@top_srcdir@/html"
         fi
-        if testtag AX_USE_CPPUNIT; then
+        if testtag AX_BUILD_TEST AX_USE_CPPUNIT; then
             doxyadd INPUT "@top_srcdir@/test"
         fi
         doxyreplace FILE_PATTERNS '*.c *.cc *.cxx *.cpp *.c++ *.java *.ii *.ixx *.ipp *.i++ *.inl *.idl *.ddl *.odl *.h *.hh *.hxx *.hpp *.h++ *.cs *.d *.php *.php4 *.php5 *.phtml *.inc *.m *.markdown *.md *.mm *.dox *.py *.f90 *.f *.for *.tcl *.vhd *.vhdl *.ucf *.qsf *.as *.js *.wt'
@@ -807,7 +819,7 @@ EOF
 Source: @PACKAGE_NAME@
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: @AUTHOR@
-Build-Depends: ${BUILD_DEPENDS}
+Build-Depends: ${BUILD-DEPENDS}
 
 Package: @PACKAGE_NAME@
 Section: $(if testtag AX_USE_LIBTOOL; then echo  "libs"; fi)
@@ -821,7 +833,7 @@ $(      if testtag AX_USE_LIBTOOL; then
 Package: @PACKAGE_NAME@-dev
 Section: libdevel
 Architecture: any
-Depends: @PACKAGE_NAME@ (= \${binary:Version}), ${BUILD_DEPENDS}
+Depends: @PACKAGE_NAME@ (= \${binary:Version}), ${BUILD-DEPENDS}
 Description: @DESCRIPTION@ - Development Package
 @README_DEB@
 EOF2